Why TWI Job Methods?
True continuous improvement happens when we engage the hearts and minds of our people, not just their hands. And when we give them a common language and technique for improving together. Many organisations struggle with this. Continuous improvement is not continuous when it remains the domain of a handful of Lean or Six Sigma experts.
Like all TWI programs, TWI Job Methods makes rigorous process engineering and leadership skills accessible to everyone in an organisation. It provides a common language for improvement and enables supervisors to generate daily, team-based improvements that are truly continuous.
Through TWI JM workers are able to simplify and improve their own processes: boost productivity, squeeze out mistakes, develop and share best practice amongst themselves. Practitioners of TWI JM prepare detailed process analyses of jobs, and then question each detail rigorously to determine anything that should be eliminated, combined, rearranged or simplified.
This disciplined Kaizen approach multiplies the number of improvement ideas generated and implemented for organisations using TWI Job Methods. TWI JM also boosts employee engagement, as workers get energised by being able to shape and improve their own workplaces.
TWI Job Methods - Program overview
Skill developed: improving processes & methods
Business benefits:
robust, simple, efficient processes
boosted productivity
significant reduction of mistakes, rework and defects
energised Kaizen activity
many more implemented improvement ideas
increased employee engagement
What participants will be able to do:
Analyse processes and methods quickly and in detail
Generate a multitude of ideas to optimise processes & methods
Prepare clear, professional proposals to sell improvements to management and peers
Rapidly test and implement improvements and evaluate their results
Other training deliverables: 2-3 TWI Job Methods pilot projects completed within 4-6 weeks of initial training
Training schedule: 10 hours in class + 20 hours work-place application
Participants: 7-10 participants
Training location: on-site, at the workplace